BIB_ID
450510
Accession number
MA 23868
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[London] : [Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton], 1670 [not before 1794]
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 173 x 127 mm; plate mark: 211 x 171 mm; sheet: 253 x 214 mm
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Caption title.
Lettered after title: Ætat: 62. / 1670.
Possibly a facsimile reproduction of the 1670 engraving by William Faithorne, printed on paper with fleur de lis watermark and dated "1794", with wide margins and plate mark significantly larger than that of recorded impressions the 1670 engraving.
Design originally issued as a frontispiece to Milton's History of Britain (London : J. M. for J. Allestry, 1670).
Lettered after title: Ætat: 62. / 1670.
Possibly a facsimile reproduction of the 1670 engraving by William Faithorne, printed on paper with fleur de lis watermark and dated "1794", with wide margins and plate mark significantly larger than that of recorded impressions the 1670 engraving.
Design originally issued as a frontispiece to Milton's History of Britain (London : J. M. for J. Allestry, 1670).
Summary
Portrait of John Milton, aged 62, bust length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown.
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